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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]$1000 would make sense if that were the only way to get a durable table and if they had enough retirement savings. Otherwise, no.

I wouldn't care about any of it if she weren't holding herself out as a model of frugality/rational priorities. [/quote]She's only paying 500 over the cheapest table big enough to do the job. If the table lasts 15 years, that is $33 per year. [/quote]

Where did you get the $500 theory? Is she not allowed to freecycle or shop Craigslist?[/quote]frugal doesn't mean destitute. She doesn't have to do the cheapest possible thing in every corner of her life. That table could last decades and is paid for by giving up less than one year of cable. [/quote]

"Frugal" in the blog seem to be about making tradeoffs - the $1000 table but no cable TV.  If somebody else gets cable but finds a nice table on Freecycle, does that make them "frugal" too? Most of us make some tradeoffs, because most of us can't buy absolutely everything we want.

Whereas "frugal" to many people would be getting everything from Craigslist or Freecycle -- the table and that cute red sofa and all the other nice-looking furniture in pictures on her blog. And doing without the multiple (!) plane trips to Europe and all the house renovations.[/quote]

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